A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Shorter Shakespeare series A Midsummer Night's Dream is a shortened, original language version with stunning photos from a variety of productions. It is the ideal, accessible introduction to the play for young people from the age of 10 and for students and adults too. There is a helpful commentary from modern narrators and useful footnotes.

Editor Tracy Irish works for the Royal Shakespeare Company Education Department. This edition is the set text for a Stanford University Education Program for Gifted Youth course.

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